Comments on: Associating With Dreams http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2005/07/03/associating-with-dreams/ Thoughts on Dreams, Life, and Spirit Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:43:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: site admin http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2005/07/03/associating-with-dreams/#comment-23 site admin Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:18:01 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/?p=14#comment-23 It felt good. Because my spiritual practice *is* dream-based, I got to talk a little bit about the dreams that have guided me to this point -- particularly a childhood recurring dream that I worked on at age 32, that really said in no uncertain terms that my odd-seeming (to me) spirituality was really the center of my life rather than a sideline. I'll blog more about dream incubation and how I got started on working with that ritual format -- but I talked about that too, and again, it was a dream that pointed it out to me. Panels are fun for those of us comfortable with improvising. They can range from the very formal to the very extemporaneous, and there's really no sure way of knowing what it's going to end up like. The 3 of us had a nice flow going, and then there were lots of comments and chaos at the end, but the room was packed and I heard comments from lots of people afterwards who really enjoyed it, so I think it went pretty well -- also, there was no mass exodus for the door midway, which can be another telltale sign that you've lost your audience. Thanks for posting, Thorn. Let's catch up soon. It felt good. Because my spiritual practice *is* dream-based, I got to talk a little bit about the dreams that have guided me to this point — particularly a childhood recurring dream that I worked on at age 32, that really said in no uncertain terms that my odd-seeming (to me) spirituality was really the center of my life rather than a sideline. I’ll blog more about dream incubation and how I got started on working with that ritual format — but I talked about that too, and again, it was a dream that pointed it out to me.

Panels are fun for those of us comfortable with improvising. They can range from the very formal to the very extemporaneous, and there’s really no sure way of knowing what it’s going to end up like. The 3 of us had a nice flow going, and then there were lots of comments and chaos at the end, but the room was packed and I heard comments from lots of people afterwards who really enjoyed it, so I think it went pretty well — also, there was no mass exodus for the door midway, which can be another telltale sign that you’ve lost your audience.

Thanks for posting, Thorn. Let’s catch up soon.

]]> By: Thorn http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2005/07/03/associating-with-dreams/#comment-22 Thorn Thu, 07 Jul 2005 18:06:43 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/?p=14#comment-22 Hi Anne, That is so cool that you presented a panel. How'd it feel? - T> Hi Anne,

That is so cool that you presented a panel. How’d it feel?

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